Storage battery



E. w. SMITH STORAGE BATTERY F119@ nec. 51, 1927 Nov. 2 0,l v1928.

i y K@ W'ESS 30 space, generally Patented Nov. 20, .1928.

EDWARD W. SMITH, F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

STQRAGE BATTERY.

Application tiled December 31, 1927. Serial No; 243,887.

The principal object of the present invention is to improve, cheapen and simplify the construction and 'arrangement of that type of storage battery inV which the intercell connectors are contained within the interior and in which a single cover encloses more than one cell. A O Other objects of the invention will from t-he following description at the which the invention will be claimed.

In the following description reference will be made to the accompanying drawing forming part hereof and in which Figure 1 is a top or plan View7 with parts broken away and in section of'a storage battery embodying features of the invention. Fig.' 2 is a View drawn 'to an enlarged scale -and it is a vertical section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is' asimilar view taken on theline 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing, the vertical intercell walls are shown at 1. 'Intercell' connectors provided with yokes 3 span the cell walls at their upper portions. A single piece cover 4 is common to the several cells and is adapted to fit into the container. The cover is provided with an external or outwardly extending marginal flange 5, which provides indicated at 6, for sealing compound between the cover and the outer wall of the container 7. The cover is concave and the face of theiconcavity is provided with spaced ribs 8, adapted to receive between them 't e yoke 3 of the connector, shownv in Figure appear end of 3, as well as the intercell partiti-on wall 1, as

shown in Fig. 2. Ribs 8, as shown in Fig. 2, aside from the-space occupied by the yoke 3, are provided with confronting led es 9, fitting close to the cell wall 1 and the edges are aligned ,with the external flange 5 to provide space, generally indicated' at 10, for sealing compound, as shown in Fig. 2. The space 10 in Fig. 2 is continuous with the space generally indicated at 11 in Fi 3 and with this space around the yoke 3, ande .ventlon which is not 8; also with the space 6 around the outside and the cover: There is thus provided a continuous seal around the top of eac-h of the cells and extending over the intercell partition wall and connector.

As shown in Fig. 3, the ribs 8 are not providedv with the confronting ledges 9, but are spaced adjacent to the intercell partition wall 1, so that there is still a continuous sealing space over the top of the intercell partition wall and the connector, as before. Plate structures are shown at 12 and 13, and they are not claimed herein, nor is the element at 14, as they are the subject of my application for Letters Pat-ent S. .N o. 243,888.

. It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which the invention relates that modifica-- tions may be made in details'of construction and arrangement and in Imatters of mere form without departing from the spirit of the inlimitedto such matters or otherwise than the prior art and the appended claims may require.'

I claim:

1. A storage battery container having vertical intercell partition walls and intercell connectors provided with yokes mounted 'at the top portions of said walls, and an externally anged concave cover common to several cells and adapted to lit into said container, the concave face of said cover being provided with s aced ribs adapted to receive between them t e yoke of a -connector and the top part of said celll wall, and said 2. A storage battery container having vertical intercell partition walls-and intercell -connectors provided with yokes mounted at the top portions of said walls, andan externally flanged concave cover common to several Cells and' adapted to fit into said container, the cncave facev of said cover being provided with s aced ribs adapted to receive between them tlie yoke of a connector and the top part of a cell partition wall.` tween it and the ribs EDWARD W. SMITH.-A

ribs on opposite sides 80 I of the yoke provided with confronting ledges. 

